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| That present economic growth should not take place in such a manner that it reduces the ability of future generations to live well |
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| A plan of action adopted at the "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 to promote sustainable development |
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| When fossil fuels are burned, sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen are released into the air. As these gases react with moisture and oxygen in the atmosphere in the presence of sunlight, the sulfur dioxide becomes sulfuric acid and the oxides of nitrogen become nitric acid. Which returns to earth in the form of snow, rain, hail or fog. |
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| the reduction of the protective layer of ozone in the upper atmosphere by chemical pollution |
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| Concentration on reducing the production of toxic waste rather than focusing on its disposal or the cleanup |
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| Original forest, ones not modified by humans |
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| The stripping of forest which can lead to serious ecological problems. |
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| Redesigning products and the processes that are followed to make them so that fewer natural resources are used and less waste is produced |
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| The principle that a company should be held responsible for the environmental impacts of its products throughout their whole life cycles |
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| "Of any country starts when the citizens of that country consume resources and pollute the environment at a rate which is greater than the world could stand indefinitely if at all the peoples of the world consumed resources at that rate" |
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| "One dedicated to living within environmental constraints rather than perpetually growing with the hopeless goal of conquering nature" |
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| "One that envisages inert matter, nonhuman species, and even humans as objects to be possessed or manipulated to suit the purposes of the exploiter" |
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| "One that emphasizes the interrelatedness of things and manifests a preference for cooperation and accommodation rather than conflict and domination" |
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| "There is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch - means that for every gain there is some cost" |
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| Everything must go somewhere law |
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| Matter is indestructible, and there are no "wastes" in nature. What is excreted by one organism as waste is absorbed by another as food. When the food is toxic, the organism dies. |
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